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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON COLLINS, OF GALION, OHIO.

REVOLVING, SULKY HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,055, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed May 2], 1884. Serial No. 132,317. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON Counts, of Galion, in the county of Crawfordand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRevolving Sulky Hay-Rakes, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation of the same, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to promote convenience in operating andcontrolling revolving sulky hay-rakes.

The invention consists in the combination of parts,including theirconstruction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claim.

A represents the wheels, to the axle B of which are rigidly attached thethills C. To the center of the axle B and to the center of the cross barof the thills O are attached the ends of the bar D, to the middle partof which and to the thills O is attached a second crossbar, E. Thethills G are strengthened against side strain by the braces F, theforward ends of which are attached to the said thills, and their rearends are attached to the axle B.

To the end parts of the cross-bar E are attached gudgeons G, the ends ofwhich project beyond the thills O, and to them are pivoted the forwardends of the draw-bars H of the rake. The draw'bars H are kept at theproper distance apart by acrossbar, I, the ends of which are secured tothe middle parts of the said draw-bars. The rear parts of the drawbars Hare curved downward, and their rear ends are connected with therake-head J by bearing-straps or other suitable means. The rakehead J isprovided with teeth K in the ordinary manner. The middle part of therake-head J revolves in bearings in the lower ends of two parallelstandards, L, to and between the middle parts of which are pivoted twolever pawls or catches, M. The upper ends of the pawls M are heldapartby the V-spring N,interposed between them. The lower ends of thepawls M project upon the front and rear sides of the rake-head J, so asto engage with the projecting ends of a pair of pins, 0, passed, throughthe said rake-head parallel with the teeth K. 5:

To and between the upper ends of the standards L is pivoted theconnectingbar P, at a little distance from its rear end.

Upon the lower side of the rear end of the bar P is formed a projectionor shoulder, Q, to engage with the upper end of the rear pawl M, asshown in Fig. 2. The forward end of the bar P is pivoted to the lever B,which passes down through a slot in the bar D, and is pivoted at itslower end to a bearing-block, S, attached to the lower side of the saidbar D.

To bearings T, attached to the upper sides of the rear ends of thethills G, is journaleda rod, U, upon the ends of which are formed, or tothem are rigidly attached,parallel arms V, in such positions as to bebeneath the drawbars H of the rake. To the middle part of the rod U isrigidly attached an arm, W, to serve as a lever for operating the saidrod U. When the upper end of the lever B is moved forward, the upperends of the standards L are drawn forward, causing the forward pawl M toforce the forward ends of the pins 0 downward, so that the forward endsof the rake-teeth K will engage with the ground and revolve therake-head, discharging the collected hay. As the bar P moves forward,the shoulder Q of the said bar engages with and draws forward the upperend of the rear pawl M, swinging the lower end of the said pawl off therear ends of the pins 0, and allowing the rake-head to be revolved bythe contact of the forward ends of the rake-teeth K with the ground, ashereinbefore described. As the rake-head revolves, the rear pins 0strike against, push forward, and pass the lower end of the forward pawlM, and the forward pins 0 strike against the lower end of the rear pawlM, so that the said rake can only make half a revolution. By drawing thelever B to the rearward the rake-head will be turned to raise theforward ends of the rake-teeth, so that the rake can pass overobstructions readily.

When the rakeis to be taken from one place to another, the upper end ofthe lever U is pushed forward, which forces the arms V against the lowersides of the draw-bars H ICO and raises the rake-headJ K from theground. the spring N, interposed between. the upper By operating thelever U,. when the rakearms of said pawls, the pins 0, projecting teethK are in a vertienl position, the labor of from the front and rear sidesof the rake-head, raising the rake-head from the ground will be theconnecting-bar P, having a shoulder, Q,

5 avoided. upon its lower rear end, and the lever B, sub- 15 Having thusdescribed myinvention, Iclaim stantially as and for the purpose setforth. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination,with the rake-head J K Witnesses: and the sulky-frame, of the standardsL, the JUDsoN MANN, 1o pawls M, arranged to straddle the rake-head, R.N. JOHNSTON.

BYRON COLLINS.

